Research on teaching in recent years has awakened faculty members to the importance of cultivating intrinsic motivation in class. The idea is that, instead of relying on grades or late penalties to ...

Are you the Parent of a High School Student...? Throughout school we coax, cajole, and let's face it, manipulate our children into finishing that big project or homework assignment. Occasionally we ...

How can CU Professors/Administration keep students motivated to engage with the material at a level needed to be awarded credit for a college level course while still offering the flexibility and ...

In a heated argument with a colleague on the issue of inspiration in education, she observed that education–as a system–is not as broken as we fear, but that we’ve just failed to inspire students and ...

ALEX CITY, Ala. (WSFA) - Brittney Simmons was very emotional when Tonya walked into her classroom with our weekly Class Act award. “You’re gonna make me cry!” Simmons said. According to her, she’s not ...